maldives

Other forms of maldives

plural

maldiveses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about maldives

What does maldives mean?

maldives means "a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in maldives?

maldives has 2 syllables: mal-dives. The stress falls on "mal". In IPA it is /ˈmɔlˌdaɪvz/.

What is another word for maldives?

Close synonyms include Republic of Maldives, Maldive Islands. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maldives a common word?

maldives is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.